Wellington Phoenix 0-1 Melbourne City — Result, Statistics & Match Review — Australia - A-League, 28 Feb 2025

📅28/02/2025 · 🕒09:30 Istanbul · GMT+3
Top 2 Score Predictions
1st Score 1-1 2nd Score 0-1
MODEL iddaakolik · Our Predictions
Probability per market · Global + League + Team blend
⏱ Odds and predictions are pre-match — updates freeze from ~20 minutes before kick-off.
Match Result
Home
32%
3.5
Draw
25%
3.35
Away
43%
1.89
Under/Over 2.5
Under 2.5
51%
1.82
Over 2.5
49%
1.9
Both Teams to Score
Yes
50%
1.75
No
50%
1.96
Total Goals
0-1 Goal EV+ ✓
27%
3.16
2-3 Goals
43%
1.75
4-5 Goals
20%
3.49
6+ Goals
10%
13.9
Value flag · 0-1 Goal at 3.16 — our 27% vs market 25.2%. Landed.
Half Time / Full Time
1/1
15%
5.78
1/2
7%
24.3
1/X
9%
13.9
X/1
10%
7.65
X/2
16%
4.65
X/X
9%
4.62
2/1
7%
34.5
2/2
20%
2.67
2/X
7%
12.95
PRO iddaakolik · Analysis Engine
Model vs Market · Probabilities · Discipline
Model vs Market — where we differ
iddaakolik Market EU Bookmakers
32%
Home Win
25%
+7.2pp
25%
Draw
26%
-1.3pp
43%
Away Win
49%
-5.8pp
51%
Under 2.5
51%
-0.5pp
49%
Over 2.5
49%
+0.5pp
50%
BTTS Yes
53%
-3.0pp
50%
BTTS No
47%
+3.0pp
gold — our model green — our served pick grey — EU market (margin removed: each group sums to 100%)
Edge (pp): green = we see more probability than the market · gold = essentially even (±0.5pp) · red = we see less. The Decision above outranks any single row: the engine backs well-supported edges, not merely big ones.
PREVIEW Match Preview Engine
iddaakolik Team Elo · Form · Goals signals
HOME Wellington Phoenix EU Bookmakers 29%
Head to Head
AWAY Melbourne City EU Bookmakers 53%
+15% / +25% Team Performance vs MarketAll History / Recent Form · above/below bookmaker expectations +2% / +1%
1.32/1.47 Expected GoalsScored / Conceded 1.69/1.40
+0% / +86% Attack / Defense(vs League Avg.) +16% / -3%
47% Ball Possession 53%
13 Total Shots 14
5 Shots on Target 5
6 Corners 5
359 · 79% PassesSuccessful · Accuracy 404 · 82%
20.2 Box TouchesOpposition Penalty Area 29.1
14.5 Crosses 17.2
1.3 Yellow Cards 1.9
H2H Past Meetings
Real recorded figures, averaged over these meetings
HOME Wellington Phoenix
1W-0D-5L
AWAY Melbourne City
0.50 Avg Goals (FT) 2.17
1.43 xG 2.11
47% Ball Possession 53%
10 Total Shots 20
4 Shots on Target 8
3 Corners 7
400 Passes 461
84% Pass Accuracy 86%
18 Box Touches 41
10 Crosses 24
2 Yellow Cards 2
03.01.2025 Melbourne City Melbourne City 2-0 HT 1-0 Wellington Phoenix Wellington Phoenix AVUS
09.03.2024 Melbourne City Melbourne City 1-0 HT 0-0 Wellington Phoenix Wellington Phoenix AVUS
25.11.2023 Wellington Phoenix Wellington Phoenix 1-0 HT 0-0 Melbourne City Melbourne City AVUS
27.08.2023 Melbourne City Melbourne City 3-0 HT 1-0 Wellington Phoenix Wellington Phoenix AVUK
10.04.2023 Melbourne City Melbourne City 4-1 HT 1-0 Wellington Phoenix Wellington Phoenix AVUS
02.01.2023 Wellington Phoenix Wellington Phoenix 1-3 HT 1-1 Melbourne City Melbourne City AVUS
RESULT Match Result
Real recorded figures from this match
HOME Wellington Phoenix
0-1
AWAY Melbourne City
0.36 xG 1.39
40% Ball Possession 60%
5 Total Shots 19
0 Shots on Target 4
1 Corners 9
279 Passes 459
74% Pass Accuracy 85%
18 Box Touches 38
5 Crosses 24
1 Yellow Cards 1
POST-MATCH Wellington Phoenix vs Melbourne City
iddaakolik Post-Match Analysis — what we said & what happened

Melbourne City edged past Wellington Phoenix 1-0 away from home. The game was level at 0-0 at the break, so the decisive goals came after it.

Just as the model leaned, our model had Melbourne City as the likeliest winner at 43%, and the 1-0 landed on that lead.

Over 2.5 goals sat near a coin-flip at 49% and both teams to score was close to even at 50%.

On the day, Wellington Phoenix had 40% of the ball to Melbourne City's 60%, shots finished 5-19, expected goals 0.36 to 1.39.

For context: across their last 6 meetings in our records, Melbourne City led the recent series with 5 wins. Those games averaged 0.50 goals for Wellington Phoenix and 2.17 for Melbourne City.

What was the final score of Wellington Phoenix vs Melbourne City?

Wellington Phoenix 0-1 Melbourne City in the Australia - A-League on 28/02/2025. The analysis above shows what our model predicted before kick-off next to what actually happened.

What did the model predict for Wellington Phoenix vs Melbourne City?

Before kick-off our model rated an Melbourne City win the most likely single outcome at about 43%, with the full match-result split Wellington Phoenix 32%, draw 25%, Melbourne City 43%. The final score 0-1 confirmed our model's pre-match leads on Match Result (Melbourne City), Under 2.5 — a clean sweep of the main markets.

✓ Match Result (Melbourne City) ✓ Under 2.5
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